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LOT 2878
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.(7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a late collector.
Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.
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LOT 2878
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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